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Pregnant Woman Among Four Shot, One Dead in Separate Newark South Ward Shootings

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Authorities in Newark are investigating separate shootings in Newark that left 3 people injured and one dead in the city's South Ward overnight.

In the first incident, police responded to reports of shots fired that rang out inside a house located at 196 Seymour Avenue at around 12:30 a.m. where they arrived to find a male victim inside the kitchen of a house shot multiple times in the kitchen.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene according to authorities.

A pregnant woman was found in the bedroom, at the same location, suffering a gunshot wound to the foot. She was rushed to University Hospital where she is expected to survive.

Police setup a crime scene and have launched an investigation.

In a separate shooting that occurred in the city's South Ward, police rushed to the 20's block of Fabyan Place after receiving reports of shots fired at around 2:30 a.m. according to reports.

Arriving officers located a male victim suffering a gunshot wound to the knee reports said.

A second victim arrived at Newark's Beth Israel Hospital suffering a gunshot wound to the leg said he was shot at the Fabyan Place location.

Both victim's injuries are considered non-life threatening according to reports.

Police are investigating.

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